What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
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Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 6 – San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Tons o’ trailers! Wish Dragon, Misfits, Georgetown, Loki, Stranger Things S4, A Quiet Place II (final trailer)
These are troubling times we live in which means that reality is, most days, something not many of us really want to face. Thank goodness then for TV and streaming shows and movies, all of which give us the sweet, SWEET chance to let lose the bonds of grinding humdrum Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Handle With Care” / “The Holding” (S6, E10 & E11 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … STOLEN GUNS AND WACKO CULTISTS …SO BUSINESS AS USUAL THEN? It is a rare thing indeed for any TV show to excite you with its writing so much that you punch the air and almost leap out of the chair with the pleasure of watching a finely-honed Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 5 – North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 4 – Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “The Door” / “Things Left To Do” (S6, E8 & E9 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … GOODBYES TO A FRIEND AND AN ENEMY AND THE MOST UNDEAD AUTO SERVICE YOU’VE EVER SEEN … One of the great hallmarks of Fear the Walking Dead from the very beginning has been its willingness to explore the horrific toll that something as cataclysmically devastating as the Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 3 – Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Iceland
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2021: Week 2 – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Say “Hi!” to the friendly neighbours there … Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (poster and trailer)
SNAPSHOT[Street Gang], which inspired by Michael Davis’ New York Times best-selling book of the name, chronicles the improbable origins and expansion of the groundbreaking show that not only changed children’s television programming, but had real-world effects on equality, education, and representation worldwide. The doc features more than 20 interviews with Continue Reading